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English noun: Carboniferous period

1. Carboniferous period (time) from 345 million to 280 million years ago


SynonymsCarboniferous


Instance hypernymgeological period, period


Part holonymLower Carboniferous, Lower Carboniferous period, Missippian period, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Pennsylvanian period, Upper Carboniferous, Upper Carboniferous period


Part meronymPaleozoic, Paleozoic era









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